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Oh I couldn't agree more! Vacations in a fascist state? While we grind every day and pinch every penny? Yeah, no.

They can use the vending machines with their own money...

Also, if they miss a vote or dont vote, they should be Payless for that whole session.

I would suggest they are paid at, say, a senior civil servant grade but not allowed any other income whatsoever.

Agreed

That asshole. He is supposed to vote what his constituents want, not what “he” considers right after being bought and paid for.

There needs to be drug testing too, if they can make a law that affects people they should always be part of the people.

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Congress is literally at a stand still of addressing anything good ‘for the people’ they shouldn’t be paid at all.

Couldn’t agree more but who would vote on this proposal? We’re trapped by these greedy shit pigs.

Simple solution any time there is a shutdown Congress must convene from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM daily until there is a resolution. During the shutdown: Med. insurance for congress & families suspended. Congress/staff will not be paid. Any other perks suspended. Congress not allowed to leave DC.

If there is still a government shutdown...no recess. And no, not for Jesus (because no way Jesus would approve of the save act) but for The American people who pay your salary.

I work in local government and they can’t even provide coffee for us. And these people get to vote on their own pay increases? Complete overhaul needed.

As long as we have democrats & republicans we will have lousy employees- they all need to be kicked to the curb.

Agreed.

Congress is just about the cushiest job ever! Vote your raise. Best healthcare free. Pension for life after what...4 yrs? Why are we still paying them?

I've lived that way for 35 years, we get no holiday pay, no vacation pay. If I don't work I don't get paid. Fortunately WA state enacted sick pay, which comes out of my pay.

Love the idea! We should tell the folks who set Congress' pay!

www.senate.gov/about/chrono...

Well that's one thing he's consistent in besides lying 🤥, cheating and stealing, he's consistent in making everything he deals with, go into bankruptcy. Mission accomplished Diaper Don. 🤬

NO KINGS needs to be more than a day. Just some advice from the rest of the world. It's up to Americans now. Your system has failed.

I’m good with that

And have they thanked us lately for their paychecks and benefits? I think a wee bit more gratitude is in order.

Totally agree!

I don't think Congressional pay has any influence at all. These guys are not making their big money with paychecks. This is the disconnect between Congress & real people. We can not measure them by our standards. We need to understand & address the influences that make their paychecks unimportant.

The same should go for all politicians. If they don’t show up they don’t get paid. If they miss more than a set number of session for whatever reason sickness, family crisis etc. then they lose their seat. No free lunches or subsidised bars. Expenses independently scrutinised.

🤬 wouldn’t surprise me

Put the blame squarely where it lies: At the feet of lil’ mikey johnson House speaker and trump stooge who’s famous for saying, “I dunno.” “I haven’t heard.” He is the fakest Christian and shadiest constitutional lawyer I’ve ever seen.

I think if we want people who aren’t billionaires in office, we need to cut their ability to profit off of the stock market rather than cut their benefits and pay.

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They do.

Asking Congress to curtail their own incomes and perks? Even the most liberal of the lot would probably balk at that as a bridge too far! I wonder if any of them would actually do it! h'mmmm ... any suggestions?

Yet they complain about school teachers getting school holidays

Federal minimum wage. Not a penny more.

Funny how TSA is forced to work without pay while Congress gingerly gets paid without working...

November gets closer every day.

Sorry Bub! WE make the rules— we don’t follow the rules! Now get back to work! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

fundraising instead of actually working with zero ability to classify fundraising as working.

Truth.

It should be piece-work instead of hourly.

And why do they still get paychecks when TSA and Coast Guard don’t. If Dems take over the need a law that if shutdowns, they have to work and not get paid either! And no insider trading!

Not defending just explaining that Congressional members spend time in their home districts as well as in DC. My Senator helped me when I really needed it. They aren't on vacation when not in DC.

I didn’t know they got lunch money. What a coddled group who have zero sense of how the rest of us live and have the audacity to let programs like SNAP suffer.

Some congresspeople lost their primary - that means they probably won’t bother showing up even though still get paid ….

Their salary is irrelevant as long as they're allowed to take bribes.

As if they are doing it for the pay. They can live off the stock tips, “campaign donations” and speaking gigs and still become rich.

Need a hacker to achieve this scenario

And longer.

Why would that matter? Most of their pay comes from dark sources and “over performing” the stock market.

we'd also get representation that are qualified for the job because they've done the actual job or have the skills to do the job....not because they have the ability to fundraise.

Also ban lobbying and a very public, and painful execution for any caught trying to lobby as well as any caught accepting a lobbying effort. No, I'm not kidding. Lobbying will help destroy this country because it makes political efforts pay to play.

Absolutely! They are the biggest slackers in America! No more free lunch!

Seriously. It’s too posh. They need a little reality.

It's even more aggravating, that when they take these vacations it is because they are trying to avoid voting on something important! They line up the timing in order to delay a vote!

Or alternatively: require them to have at least 8 hours of public access time every day inside their districts. Allow one week a year for vacation.

I say screw them, let’s get rid of them all with the 10th amendment and the Supreme Court as well.

Me too

CONGRESS NEEDS TO WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK AND GET THE HEALTH CARE WE GET AND 2 WEEKS OF NON PAID VACATION LIKE I DID FOR 50 YEARS OF WORKING 🙏⚖️🕊️

They shouldn't get paid if they aren't working in DC, and when they are in a break, it should be mandatory for them to hold at least 2 town halls , last but not least ... their health insurance should be same as ours!

They are enabling 45's pocket vetos.

Newt was the FIRST person, not the person person. Grrrrr, I HATE the lack of an edit function here.

Leaving for 2 weeks in the middle of a freaking war. Watching broadcasts of Congress hearings, it’s clear even when in session many are MIA. No deliberation, Republicans just show up to vote how they’ve been ordered to. What a disgraceful farce.

Sad but true. I’m tired of “feeling a ‘little’ pain before we get “BIGGLY” rich.

Making all that money necessary because their comp is so low and their benefits have been cut is not the way to solve that problem. It’s the way to make it worse.

Gig workers at best

At the time of the founding fathers all of those top federal positions were envisioned as part time. Given travel times and what passed as communications it isn't hard to see why.

40? You got off easy. 😜

They're nothing but servants, ffs! We should treat them like that, too! No limos, no exclusive clubs, no free meals, no paid leave except as required by law!

They don't really care about the money. They are there for the power. Johnson needs to be expelled

People regularly talk about taking money and Healthcare away from elected officials, but in a system where most officials make more on the side than from their actual paycheck, doing so would simply incentivise corruption.

Exactly right! They are part-time workers at best, and not be getting ANY benefits!

They only work half the year for full benefits!!

and no limos! wtf

If they keep giving our money to billionaires they should lose their jobs. If they worked for a living they would already be fired for incompetence.

Exactly!!!

Agreed. Political servants should be treated like our employees. Instead they use time to elevate status. Since Citizens United corporations give bonuses while they collect their paychecks from our tax dollars. Now we have a president manipulating insider trading for more benefits. Rigged system?

Tommy Tuberville will likely go to his home in Florida🙄

The congressional cafeteria isn’t free

I’ve always thought Congress should be paid the Federal Minimum wage and have to buy their health insurance on the exchange. They should have to live how the poorest Americans live. Perhaps then we would weed out the grifters and they would be motivated to make things better for Americans.

They do. They buy a plan on the ACA exchange just like us. They receive a subsidy to help pay the premium but Republicans don't think we deserve a subsidy.

And for healthcare coverage, they must be on the clock a minimum number of hours. Then, there's the copay, of course. And being out-of-area.

My senator is doing town halls during the break. Some of them actually do work hard for this country and their constituents.

Let’s make the “At Will” employees too while we’re at it

The people who make those rules are Congress.